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Case of two KU scientists illustrates growing problem of research fraud

28.01.2012 USA

Press

Alan Bavely - The Kansas City Star

In the technical world of bio-informatics, two University of Kansas computer scientists were riding high in 2009 having published three articles with an international audience. Portions of all three of their articles had been lifted from other scientists' work. The entire summarizing statement in their presentation had come from someone else's journal article.
"Turnitin" now turns to college applications

28.01.2012 USA

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Larry Gordon - Los Angeles Times

The detection of wholesale cheating in college applications is on the rise due to the use of Turnitin for Admissions, an anti-plagiarism database service that compares student essays to an immense archive of other writings. Around the country, more than 100 colleges and universities have adopted it, mainly in graduate divisions, although Stanford University is among the dozen schools starting to use it for freshman applicants this year.
Are academics in Kazakhstan capable of self-regulation? A study of faculty's normative structure in the midst of higher education decentralization reforms

This paper investigates the state and structure of professional norms in the context of undergraduate teaching in a university in Kazakhstan. The purpose is to understand the belief system held by academics with regards to their professional duties...

Rumyantseva, Nataliya, Caboni, Timothy

2012
The Academic Integrity Rating System (AIRS): an introduction

The Academic Integrity Rating System (AIRS) is modeled after the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). The purpose of AIRS is to: - identify...

International Center for Academic Integrity

2012
Academic Integrity Assessment Guide

The Academic Integrity Assessment Guide was developed in 1999-2001 by the International Center for Academic Integrity with funding from the John Templeton Foundation. Twelve campuses across the country provided the Center with practical experience...

International Center for Academic Integrity

2012
Higher education, corruption and reform

Educational corruption is problem in every country, particularly at the college and university level. With illustrations drawn from the United States, this article considers what "basic principles" should shape efforts to deter, expose, and penalize...

Johnson, Vincent

2012